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Halloween became offensive this year after a high school teacher dressed up as Common while proudly wearing blackface. What We Know: A California teacher at Milpitas High School is on administrative leave and is being further investigated for his poor Halloween costume choice. The unidentified teacher attempted to dress... -
After a recent endorsement by Barack Obama, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau won his re-election. What We Know: His Liberal Party held on to around 150 seats in Parliament but didn’t receive a majority. Canada’s Conservative Party is projected to receive the majority vote and 120 seats in Parliament,... -
Several photos and video footage of Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau wearing blackface have rocked his reelection campaign. What We Know: Time first reported the photo of Trudeau wearing dark makeup and a turban at an “Arabian Nights” party at West Point Grey Academy, where he taught at the... -
Alabama Republican Governor Kay Ivey issued an apology last week for participating in a skit in the 1960s while she was in college that involved blackface. What We Know: Ivey said she was made aware of her participation through an audio recording that emerged in an interview with Auburn University... -
Sarah Silverman said she had a movie role taken away from her because of a sketch she did in blackface in 2007. What We Know: In 2007, Silverman released an episode of her Comedy Central show The Sarah Silverman Program in which she was in blackface as her character... -
A Hawaii man wore blackface inside a courtroom to protest his conviction. What We Know: Mark Char, arrived in First Circuit Court in Honolulu on Monday with what is believed to be black permanent marker covering his face, NBC News reported. Char claimed he was being treated like a... -
Four Chicago high-school students posted a video in blackface on Sunday, April 29, and now one parent of a student involved is defending her son. What We Know… Four Homewood-Flossmoor High School students posted a video of them harassing Black employees at a McDonald’s drive-through in blackface. One involved... -
An Atlanta charter school apologized for a black history program that featured second graders holding masks that depict traditional blackface and said it will provide cultural competency training for teachers. The performance, which featured children reciting Paul Laurence Dunbar’s poem “We Wear the Mask” while holding paper masks in...
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